The financial crisis will have negative aspects in all business. Security IT must be kept at the same level (even increased) but facts are there: budgets are frozen, etc… According to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) analysts, there are risk to see jobless techies go to the “dark side of the force” and
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2008 Top-Ten Strange Data Recoveries
Kroll onTrack is a well-know company which performs data recovery. Once a year, they publish the top-ten of strange cases they faced during the last twelve months. “Strange”… is the right word! ;-) Check out the 2008 chart: Kroll Ontrack Top Ten Data Mishaps and Recoveries. My favorite is the
And What About the “Zero-Knowledge” Risks?
A new 0-day exploit is in the wild for Internet Explorer 7 since yesterday. Of course, this is a big issue and countermeasures must be deployed as soon as possible. A lot of security solutions companies try to use the 0-day effect as a marketing element “Ã la Barack Obama”:
Enjoy Your Christmas Holiday
Christmas is close to us! It means a break for a lot of [net|sys]admins, business will slow down… Things break where no one is around (that’s the Murphy’s law). So be prepared and enjoy your EOY period! Make sure… Your backup procedures are up-to-date and operational (enough tapes?); Your file
Intrusive Browser Alert Advertisement
Some advertisers spammers have great ideas to send unsolicited messages to a targeted audience. Their goal is to convince the end-user to click on an advertisement. A new method seemed to appear on the web recently: They simulate a browser security warning! Often, users doesn’t even read the warning message
Secunia Opens Exploits e-Shop
Secunia announced in its blog a new service: “One Stop Exploit Shop” To resume, they will propose exploits and security breaches PoC to security professional trough their website against some $$$. As stated in the announce, after approval by Secunia (at least!), vendors and companies will have access to the
Bad Day for “The Planet”
The Planet is a hosting provider like many others in the US. End of May, a fire incident hit one of their Houston data center. A few numbers: 9000 servers down 7500 customers affected $900000 estimated loss Read the story: http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?showtopic=90185
Laptop case with built in Wi-Fi detector
Ok, there are plenty of gadgets with built in Wi-Fi detector: keyrings, t-shirts, … But here, it looks much more professional when you travel: More info here.
Back to University
I’m back to the University for two months! I started a mission for a company located on the Louvain-La-Neuve campus. That’s a really great place to work! You’ve everything just a few meters from the office and, since the new academic year started, the student activities are also starting again.
Is my bank down today?
Today, I went to the local cash-dispenser to retrieve some money… “Card rejected“. I check with my wife’s card… “Card rejected” WTF!? Suddenly I was able to read a brief message on the terminal… “Due to a maintenance, it won’t be possible to retrieve money this Saturday from … to